See all the images from the Brighton Burn-Up 2010 here
The Ace Cafe Reunion Run, or the Brighton Burn-Up as its known, ran successfully yesterday down at Maderia Drive.
The Brighton Burn-Up is one of the biggest motoring events with participants as high as 40,000. Along with Brightona (which we happen to sponsor
(; ), Brighton was heaving with motorcycles of all shapes and sizes most of the day.Ace Cafe is the famous bikers' cafe on London's North Circular Road. Built as a cafe for road hauliers in the 1930s it became the favourite haunt of Britain's motorcyclists, part of teenage culture and post-war rock 'n' roll. It closed in 1969: end of an era.
But in 1993 Mark Wilsmore had the idea for the Ace Cafe Reunion, an annual event at the old Ace Cafe site. And so it's gone from there and in 1997 the old cafe itself was reborn.
The Ace Cafe Reunion is for both Mods and Rockers - young and old - bikes and scooters - young and old.
Bikers come from all over the country; in fact, all over Europe - and maybe even further afield.
This was truly a sight worth seeing! Bikes start to arrive mid-morning and fill up the Drive: the noise, the smell of petrol fumes, the wave and wave of arriving bikers all generate an atmosphere of excitement. A great coming together.
By the time the Drive was filled up, a vast range of motobikes is on display. Bikes and bikers of all ages; bikes, trikes, sidecars; every manufacturer's name in the history of the motorcycle in represented. An exaggeration perhaps, but you'll certainly find Vincent, Norton, Kawasaki, Honda, Harley-Davidson, Ducati, Aprilia, KTM, Moto Guzzi, Victory, BSA, BMW, Triumph, Suzuki, National Chopper Club, and many customised machines, especially trikes.
There was also a stage, DJ, rock'n' roll, bands, etc to provide the entertainment.
We were there with our camera yesterday taking a number of pictures of bikes that took our fancy. All our photos will be uploaded to our facebook page www.facebook.com/ukbike.
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